Keyboard of a mobile computing device

- PALM, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a frontal view of a keyboard row for a keyboard of a mobile computing device, under a first embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the keyboard row of the first embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a first isometric view of the keyboard row of the first embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a frontal view of a keyboard row for a keyboard of a mobile computing device, under a second embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the keyboard row of the second embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a first isometric view of the keyboard row of the second embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a frontal view of a keyboard row for a keyboard of a mobile computing device, under a third embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the third embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention; and,

FIG. 9 is a first isometric view of the third embodiment, with the mobile computing device shown in phantom forming no part of the invention.

Claims

An ornamental design for a keyboard of a mobile computing device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D541288
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 5, 2005
Date of Patent: Apr 24, 2007
Assignee: PALM, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Inventors: Lawrence Lam (San Jose, CA), Cathal Loughnane (Bray), Richard Gioscia (Santa Clara, CA), Michael Yurochko (Los Gatos, CA)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Angela J. Lee
Attorney: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP
Application Number: 29/235,835
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Keyboard Or Keypad (D14/455)